Getting There

Want to move through a French airport or train station without freezing up at the signs? These quizzes build the French travel vocabulary you actually need, from buying a billet (ticket) to finding your chambre (room) at the end of a long day.

Essential French Travel Vocabulary for Getting Around

This set covers the words that come up at every stage of a trip. You will learn place words like gare (train station), aéroport (airport), and ville (city), travel items such as passeport (passport), valise (suitcase), and bagages (luggage), plus the verbs you reach for when booking and moving around, like voyager (to travel), partir (to leave), and arriver (to arrive).

There is also a section for getting around town once you arrive: bus (bus), taxi (taxi), métro (subway), and vélo (bicycle). And a hotel check-in set covers réservation (reservation), tarif (rate), and réception (front desk). Whether you are planning a real trip or just want practical words that stick, this is the everyday French a traveler uses most.

How the French Quizzes Work

Each quiz matches five French words to their English meanings, so you can finish one in about five minutes. That makes them easy to fit into a coffee break or a commute, and you can repeat any quiz whenever you want to lock the words in. Short, focused sessions tend to stick better than one long cram.

French Travel Words with Audio Pronunciation

Every word comes with audio, so you hear how a French speaker actually says it. That helps with words like aéroport (airport) or réservation (reservation), where the spelling can throw you off if you have only ever read it. Listening as you learn also makes it easier to recognize a word when it is announced over a station loudspeaker.

Did You Know?

Paris alone has six major train stations, each gare serving a different part of the country, so the one you leave from depends on where you are headed.

Here is another handy one: enregistrer usually means to record or register, but at the airport it is the word for checking in your luggage. Spotting it on a sign can save you a confused moment at the counter.

Pick a quiz and start with whichever part of the trip you want to handle first, the station, the hotel, or getting around town. These free French quizzes are quick and interactive, so jump in and start learning travel words you can use right away.